[futurebasic] Re: Color drawing to the desktop.

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From: Mars Saxman <marssaxman@...>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 98 20:57:12 -0800
>I'm trying to draw to the desktop (the CWMGRPort) on a duo280c.  I set the
>color I want using the RGBForeColor statement.  The drawing shows up in the
>proper places but the color is often changed to something that is not even
>close to the color that I intended to draw with.  Is this a color table
>problem, or is it a nuisance that is built into my machine?  And how do I
>get the colors I want?

One thing to keep in mind: the fields of the RGBColor record are unsigned 
16-bit integers. FB's % variables are SIGNED. This means that the values 
wrap around from 32767 to -32768 and then back up to zero, instead of 
from zero on up to 65536.

This may be what's throwing your colours off.

-Mars